Requirements for Local Neighbourhood Facilities

Development plans will be the principal vehicle for the identification of any local neighbourhood facilities required as an integral part of the development of zoned housing sites. The Department will determine such need in consultation with other relevant bodies. In assessing the need for such facilities, the Department will have regard to: • the location and scale of anticipated development; • the proposed type of housing; • the availability of, linkages to and capacity of existing facilities within the locality; and • community needs identified by other statutory bodies and agencies. In some cases it may be necessary, when examining the consequence of a particular development, to view its effects in combination with other related development proposals.